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Wanted: Student assistant in Low German teaching methodology (12 hours per month)
more: Wanted: Student assistant in Low German teaching methodology (12 hours per month)The subject of Low German is included in the teaching programmes at Hauptschulen, Realschulen and Gymnasien
more: The subject of Low German is included in the teaching programmes at Hauptschulen, Realschulen and GymnasienStart-up funding from the Hanse University Alliance: Low German at school interdisciplinary: First reading books from 1914 to ca.1950
more: Start-up funding from the Hanse University Alliance: Low German at school interdisciplinary: First reading books from 1914 to ca.1950"Künstlike Werltspröke" and "Eyn schön rimbökelin"
more: "Künstlike Werltspröke" and "Eyn schön rimbökelin"Press release: How endangered is the Sater Frisian language?
more: Press release: How endangered is the Sater Frisian language?The science of Low German. Insights into the workshop of Low German research
more: The science of Low German. Insights into the workshop of Low German researchLow German as a teaching subject: Teachers tested at Oldenburg University
more: Low German as a teaching subject: Teachers tested at Oldenburg UniversityExhibition of the Low German & Sater Frisian focus as part of the university's anniversary celebrations
more: Exhibition of the Low German & Sater Frisian focus as part of the university's anniversary celebrationsPresentation of the Low German degree programmes during Orientation Week
more: Presentation of the Low German degree programmes during Orientation WeekLecture "Literature without written culture" Exhibition "What does minority mean here?"
more: Lecture "Literature without written culture" Exhibition "What does minority mean here?"Exhibition opening "What does minority mean here?"
more: Exhibition opening "What does minority mean here?"3rd Winter Academy of the teaching network "Teaching Low German" (LeNie)
more: 3rd Winter Academy of the teaching network "Teaching Low German" (LeNie)O-Week: The Low German department introduces itself
more: O-Week: The Low German department introduces itself14th Colloquium of the Association for Low German Language Research
more: 14th Colloquium of the Association for Low German Language ResearchExhibition "What does minority mean here?" in the Museumsdorf Cloppenburg
more: Exhibition "What does minority mean here?" in the Museumsdorf CloppenburgThe science of Low German. Insights into the workshop of Low German research (11.6.-21.7.)
more: The science of Low German. Insights into the workshop of Low German research (11.6.-21.7.)Low German poetry slam at "Karkendag" in Hanover
more: Low German poetry slam at "Karkendag" in Hanover2nd Winter Academy of the teaching network "Teaching Low German" (LeNie)
more: 2nd Winter Academy of the teaching network "Teaching Low German" (LeNie)Lecture: Language as a cultural asset and means of exclusion: Results of a survey on identity and language use in East Frisia
more: Lecture: Language as a cultural asset and means of exclusion: Results of a survey on identity and language use in East FrisiaPoetry slam "High German & Low German" by the Low German Forum and "Slamquadrat"
more: Poetry slam "High German & Low German" by the Low German Forum and "Slamquadrat"Spraakplaan Nedderdüütsch - Kick-off event on 31 May 2024
more: Spraakplaan Nedderdüütsch - Kick-off event on 31 May 2024Exhibition of the Low German & Sater Frisian focus as part of the university's anniversary celebrations
more: Exhibition of the Low German & Sater Frisian focus as part of the university's anniversary celebrationsIn the Low German and Sater Frisian section of the Institute for German Studies at the University of Oldenburg, we conduct research and teach on the regional language Low German and the minority language Sater Frisian:
Sater Frisian, as a distinct form of Frisian, is a minority language and is spoken in the immediate vicinity of Oldenburg: the Saterland, with around 1,500 active speakers of Seeltersk, forms a linguistic enclave in Lower Saxony. The regional language Low German, or Plattdüütsch, is spoken by approximately 3 to 5 million people in the northern German Federal States of Lower Saxony, Bremen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Schleswig-Holstein, as well as in the northern parts of North Rhine-Westphalia, Saxony-Anhalt and Hesse. The number of people who understand the language is even greater.
Students in Oldenburg can not only learn to speak Low German and Sater Frisian here, but can also explore the history of these languages, as well as their current status and variants, as well as Low German literature and, finally, the question of how Low German and Sater Frisian are taught in schools and how exposure to these languages can be encouraged in the classroom. Since 1983, the Carl von Ossietzky University has had a research focus on Low German and Sater Frisian.
Information on the various ways to study Low German in Oldenburg – from the Bachelor’s degree in Low German, through the specialisation in Low German, to the Taster programme and auditing – can be found under ‘Studying’. The Low German and Sater Frisian specialisation at the University of Oldenburg is also a member of the ‘ ’ teaching network ‘Teaching Low German’ (LeNie), which develops and provides inter-university teaching programmes for students of the Low German subject at the participating universities.